UMGC and Grifols Form Alliance to Increase Educational Opportunities for Healthcare Company’s Employees
Adelphi, Md. (December 14, 2021)—University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), a leader in providing innovative and quality academic programs online, and Grifols, a global healthcare company, have formed an alliance that will increase educational opportunities for Grifols’ U.S.-based employees.
The alliance will enable Grifols’ employees (about 70% of its global workforce is based in the U.S.) to increase their skills by taking individual courses or enrolling in any of UMGC’s more than 90 undergraduate and graduate degree or certificate programs—all available fully online—at discounted tuition rates and with no application fee. UMGC also offers cost savings through its use of digital resources, which have replaced costly publisher textbooks in most courses.
“This alliance helps to increase higher education options for Grifols’ employees and their families in the U.S.,” said Blakely Pomietto, senior vice president and Chief Academic Officer at UMGC. “This new relationship is an engine that can drive Grifols’ workforce to upskill faster and more efficiently in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.”
Students enrolling in UMGC’s undergraduate degree programs may be eligible to transfer credits from other institutions and/or earn credit for prior learning, thus shortening the path to a bachelor’s degree.
About University of Maryland Global Campus
Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2022, University of Maryland Global Campus is a world leader in innovative educational models, with award-winning online programs in disciplines including biotechnology, cybersecurity, data analytics, and information technology that are in high demand in today’s increasingly technical, global workplace.
With an enrollment of some 90,000 students, UMGC offers open access with a global footprint and a specific mission—to meet the learning needs of students whose responsibilities may include jobs, family, and military service. The university offers both undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs, including doctoral programs.
In 1949, UMGC became the first institution to send faculty overseas to teach active-duty military personnel at installations in Europe. The university expanded overseas operations to Asia in 1956 and to the Middle East in 2005. UMGC faculty have taught in the war zones of Vietnam, Kosovo, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
UMGC now offers classes to military service personnel and their families at more than 175 locations in more than 20 countries. Today, more than half of the university’s students are active-duty military personnel and their families, members of the National Guard, and veterans.
About Grifols
Grifols is a global healthcare company whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of people around the world. Grifols accomplishes this mission by producing life-saving protein therapies for patients and by providing hospitals, pharmacies, and healthcare professionals with the tools they need to deliver expert medical care.
The four pillars of its business are bioscience, diagnostics, hospital consumables, and bio supplies. It has subsidiaries in more than 30 countries and regions and 16 manufacturing plants around the world.
The company’s long-term vision allows us to continue exploring new markets and regions and to increase our growing workforce. Our nearly 24,000 employees work for a common goal: to improve people’s lives and well-being.
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